Day: February 15, 2018 Archives


ThursdayFebruary 15, 2018

Miley: ‘No possibility’ inventory tax repeal resolution would pass House as of now

The proposal has the backing of Governor Jim Justice along with Republican legislative leaders.

Court spending resolution up for passage in Senate Thursday

Issue could eventually go to state voters.

Monongalia County Commissioners now have a six-figure number attached to missing tax dollars

"We know in 2013 there's $500,000 missing," Bloom said Wednesday. "We can prove that."

Hope fading for business inventory tax repeal

Governor Jim Justice’s plan to phase out the property tax on industrial equipment, machinery and inventory is on life support at the State Legislature.  I’ll explain why, but first here’s the background. The Governor’s Commission on Fair Taxation report in 1999 singled out the business property tax as an inhibitor to economic growth.  “As a

Manchin, 15 senators put forward immigration amendment

All lawmakers are part of the Common Sense Coalition.